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Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

Zora Neale Hurston: It would be...

It would be against all nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. . . . We will go...

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Victor Hugo: There is one...

Victor Hugo: There is one...

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world: and that is an idea whose time has...

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Victor Hugo: Common sense is...

Victor Hugo: Common sense is...

Common sense is in spite of, not the result of, education.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

Titus Maccius Plautus: There are occasions...

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.

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Terence: True wisdom consists...

Terence: True wisdom consists...

True wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in foreseeing what is to...

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Terence: How often events,...

Terence: How often events,...

How often events, by chance, and quite unexpectedly, come to pass, which you had not dared even to hope...

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John Ford: Busy opinion is...

John Ford: Busy opinion is...

Busy opinion is an idle fool.

Source: 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, act 1, sc. 1,...

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John Ford: Whilst we strive...

John Ford: Whilst we strive...

Whilst we strive
To live most free, we're caught in our own toils.


Source: The...

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Beth Henley: That's what I...

Beth Henley: That's what I...

That's what I like about [smoking] . . . taking a drag off of death, Mmm! Gives me a sense of controlling my own...

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Edmond Rostand: The dream, alone,...

Edmond Rostand: The dream, alone,...

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?

Source: La...

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George Farquhar: Twas for the...

George Farquhar: Twas for the...

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country - I'm a Roman for...

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Euripides: That glittering hope...

Euripides: That glittering hope...

That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing.

Source:...

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Edward Albee: The thing that...

Edward Albee: The thing that...

The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative and that is all there is to it.

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Although one may...

Although one may...

Although one may fail to find happiness in theatrical life, one never wishes to give it up after having once tasted...

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I've always had...

I've always had...

I've always had the idea . . . that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed to me to be in a state...

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Why attack God?...

Why attack God?...

Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things...

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Time is a...

Time is a...

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Source:...

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The luck of...

The luck of...

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

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At least I...

At least I...

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

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A pretty girl...

A pretty girl...

A pretty girl is like a melody
That haunts you day and night.


Source: From an...

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